Missing children

OJJDP has released the latest issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:

• The 2019 AMBER Alert in Indian Country Symposium and remarks by Pamela Foster, the mother of Ashlynne Mike, a Navajo girl who was abducted and murdered.
• The Good Samaritan and Minnesota AMBER Alert that lead to the safe return of two abducted girls.
• Tanea Parmenter, Idaho's AMBER Alert co-coordinator...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, November/December 2019. In this issue's Message From the Administrator, Caren Harp reviews OJJDP activities during fiscal year (FY) 2019, including a comprehensive 3-day national training conference designed to assist states and territories in their administration of OJJDP's Title II Formula Grants Program. The top story highlights...

On December 19, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP will present "Reporting Children Missing from Care to NCMEC: Training #4." This webinar will explore the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act which requires social service agencies to immediately report missing foster care children to law enforcement and the OJJDP-supported National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The webinar will...

Today, the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs announced awards of more than $143.7 million in child protection grants. The awards will enhance state, local and tribal jurisdictions' capabilities to protect children and respond to juvenile victimization. OJJDP and the Office for Victims of Crime awarded grants to more than 120 sites, jurisdictions, and task forces nationwide. The funds will help communities find missing children...

OJJDP has released the latest issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:

• The tragic ties between missing and abducted children and child sex trafficking, spotlighted at the 2019 National AMBER Alert Symposium,
• The Navajo Nation symposium on child sex trafficking in tribal communities, and
• European police officers' animated video created for International Missing Children's Day.

The AMBER Advocate newsletter is now...

OJJDP has launched a refreshed AMBER Alert website. The refreshed website now includes access to the AMBER Alert in Indian Country website, a summary of the AMBER Alert in Indian Country Initiative, and training and technical assistance resources. The website, managed by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), provides resources to help regional and state-level AMBER Alert training and coordination efforts...